Hendrik Jürges: Publications

Hendrik Jürges: Publications
Papers in peer-reviewed journals
in press
Do workers underreport morbidity? The accuracy of self-reports of chronic conditions
(with N. Datta Gupta), Social Science & Medicine
The effect of compulsory schooling on health—evidence from biomarkers (with S. Reinhold and E. Kruk), Journal of Population Economics
Are anchoring vignettes ratings sensitive to vignette age and sex? (with J. Winter),
Health Economics
2012
Parental Income and Child Health in Germany (with S. Reinhold), Health Economics 21
(4) 2012, 562-579
Medical Guidelines, Physician Density, and Quality of Care: Evidence from German
SHARE Data (with V. Pohl), European Journal of Health Economics 13, 2012: 635-649
Assessment drives learning: The effect of central exit exams on curricular knowledge
and mathematical literacy (with K. Schneider, M. Senkbeil & C. Carstensen), Economics
of Education Review 31 (1) 2012, 56-65
2011
Why young boys stumble: Early tracking, age and gender bias in the German school
system (with K. Schneider), German Economic Review 12 (4) 2011, 371-394
Does Schooling Affect Health Behavior? Evidence from the Educational Expansion in
Western Germany (with S. Reinhold & M. Salm), Economics of Education Review 30 (5)
2011, 862-872
Changes in Compulsory Schooling and the Causal Effect of Education on Health: Evidence from Germany (with D. Kemptner & S. Reinhold), Journal of Health Economics 30
(2) 2011, 340-354
2010
The last year of life in Europe: Initial findings from the SHARE study (with K. Hank),
Ageing & Society 30, 2010, 1-14
Health inequalities by education, income, and wealth: a comparison of 11 European
countries and the US. Applied Economics Letters 17 (1) 2010, 87-92
Secondary School Fees and the Causal Effect of Schooling on Health Behavior (with S.
Reinhold), Health Economics 19 (8) 2010, 921-938
Central exit examinations increase performance... but take the fun out of mathematics
(with K. Schneider), Journal of Population Economics 23, 2010, 497-517
2009
Educational level and changes in health across Europe: Longitudinal results from
SHARE (with M. Avendano & J. Mackenbach), Journal of European Social Policy 19 (4)
2009, 301-316
Healthy Minds in Healthy Bodies. An International Comparison of Education-Related
Inequality in Physical Health Among Older Adults, Scottish Journal of Political Economy
56 (3) 2009, 296-320
Health insurance status and physician behavior in Germany, Journal of Applied Social
Science Studies (Schmollers Jahrbuch) 129 (2) 2009, 297-308
Isometrische Greifkraft und sozialgerontologische Forschung: Ergebnisse und Analysepotentiale des SHARE und SOEP (with K. Hank, J. Schupp & G. Wagner), Zeitschrift
für Gerontologie & Geriatrie 2/2009, 117-126
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2008
Ressourcen und Anreize im Bildungswesen: Aufgaben und Handlungsmöglichkeiten
des Staates aus Sicht der Bildungsökonomik (with K. Schneider), Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft 11 (2) 2008, 234-252
Are different measures of self-rated health comparable? An assessment in five European countries (with M. Avendano & J. Mackenbach), European Journal of Epidemiology
23 (12) 2008, 773-781
Self-assessed health, reference levels, and mortality, Applied Economics 40 (5) 2008, 569582
2007
Gender and the Division of Household Labor in Older Couples: A European Perspective (with K. Hank), Journal of Family Issues 28 (3) 2007: 399-421
Fair ranking of teachers (with K. Schneider), Empirical Economics 32 (2/3) 2007, 411-431
Unemployment, life satisfaction, and retrospective error, Journal of the Royal Statistical
Society A 170 (1) 2007, 43-61
True health vs. response styles: Exploring cross-country differences in self-reported
health, Health Economics 16 (2) 2007, 163-178
Leistungsgerechtere Bezahlung von Lehrern: Sinnvolle Option oder sinnlose Ökonomisierung? (with K. Schneider), Recht der Jugend und des Bildungswesens 2007 (1), 83-97
Quality of Work and Well-being of Older Employees—Baseline Results from the SHARE
Study (with J. Siegrist, M. Wahrendorf, O. v. d. Knesebeck, and A. Börsch-Supan), European Journal of Public Health 17 (1) 2007:62-68
2006
Gender Ideology, Division of Housework, and the Geographic Mobility Families, Review of Economics of the Household 4 (4) 2006, 299-323. [→ Official nominee for Kanter
Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research]
2005
Teacher quality and incentives, Theoretical and empirical effects of standards on teacher
quality (with W. Richter & K. Schneider), FinanzArchiv 61 (3) 2005, 298-326
The Effect of Central Exit Examinations on Student Achievement: Quasi-experimen-tal
Evidence from TIMSS Germany (with K. Schneider & F. Büchel), Journal of the European
Economic Association 3 (5) 2005, 1134-1155
Retrospective error in SOEP calendar data: the case of unemployment, Journal of Applied
Social Science Studies (Schmollers Jahrbuch) 125 (1) 2005, 157-165
A New Comprehensive and International View on Ageing: Introducing the Survey of
Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe" (with A. Börsch-Supan & K. Hank), European
Journal of Ageing 2 (4) 2005, 245-253
2004
The Welfare Costs of Addiction, Journal of Applied Social Science Studies (Schmollers
Jahrbuch) 124 (3) 2004, 327-353
International Differences in Student Achievement: An Economic Perspective (with K.
Schneider), German Economic Review 5 (3) 2004, 357-380
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2003
Die Auswirkungen zentraler Abschlussprüfungen auf die Schulleistung—Quasi-experimentelle Befunde aus der deutschen TIMSS-Stichprobe (with F. Büchel and K. Schneider), Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 72 (2) 2003, 238-251
Age, Cohort, and the Slump in Job Satisfaction among West German Workers, Labour
17 (4) 2003, 489-518
2002
The Distribution of the German Public-Private Wage Gap, Labour 16 (2) 2002, 347-381
2001
Do Germans Save to Leave an Estate? An Examination of the Bequest Motive, Scandinavian Journal of Economics 103 (3) 2001, 391-414
2000
Of Rotten Kids and Rawlsian Parents. The Optimal Timing of Intergenerational Transfers, Journal of Population Economics 13 (1) 2000, 147-157
1999
Parent-Child Transfers in Germany: A Study of Magnitude and Motivations, Zeitschrift
für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften 119 (3) 1999, 429-453
1998
Beruflich bedingte Umzüge von Doppelverdienern—Eine empirische Analyse with
Daten des SOEP, Zeitschrift für Soziologie 27 (5), 1998, 358-377 [→ First Prize for Best
Junior Paper 1984-1998/99 using the German Socio-Economic Panel]
Einkommen und berufliche Situation von Doppelverdienern nach Umzügen, Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung 31 (2), 1998, 234-243
Bildung und Wissenschaft. Mehr Mut zu marktorientierten Reformen (with W. Richter),
RWI-Mitteilungen 49 (3/4) 1998, 199-210
Other publications
2012
Comparing the Well-Being of Older Europeans: Introduction (with A. van Soest). Social
Indicators Research 105 (2) 2012, 187-190
2011
Disability, Pension Reform and Early Retirement in Germany (with A. Börsch-Supan),
in: Wise, D. (ed.) Social Security and Retirement around the World: Historical Trends in
Mortality and Health, Employment, and Disability Insurance Participation. The University
of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2011
2010
Longitudinal Data Collection in Continental Europe: Experiences from the Survey of
Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (with A. Börsch-Supan, K. Hank, and M.
Schröder), S. 507-514 in: Harkness, J. et al. (eds.), Survey Methods in Multinational,
Multiregional and Multicultural Contexts, Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2010
Provision for Old-Age: National and International Survey Data to Support Research
and Policy on Aging, S. 1093-1106 in RatSWD (ed.): Building on Progress—Expanding the
Research Infrastructure for the Social, Economic, and Behavioral Sciences. Budrich UniPress,
Leverkusen, 2010
Internationale Vergleichbarkeit subjektiver Indikatoren im Bereich Gesundheit, in: GVG
e.V. (ed.): EU-Gesundheitspolitik im nicht-harmonisierten Bereich: Aktuelle Entwicklungen
der Offenen Methode der Koordination, nanos Verlag, Bonn 2010
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2009
Bildungsbezogene Ungleichheit in der Gesundheit Älterer: eine international vergleichende Analyse, S. 149-173 in Börsch-Supan et al. (eds.) 50+ in Deutschland und Europa:
Ergebnisse des Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden, 2009
Early Retirement, Social Security and Well-Being in Germany (with A. Börsch-Supan),
S. 173-199 in: Wise, D. (ed.): Developments in the Economics of Aging. The University of
Chicago Press, Chicago, 2009
Introduction: empirical research on health, ageing and retirement in Europe (with Axel
Börsch-Supan, Karsten Hank & Mathis Schröder). Journal of European Social Policy 19 (4)
2009, 293-300
Die Erhebung biometrischer Daten im Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in
Europe (with K. Hank & B. Schaan), Methoden Daten Analysen 3 (1) 2009, 97-108
2008
Bildung als soziale Determinante gesundheitlicher Ungleichheit im Alter (with K.
Hank), Public Health Forum 16 (59) 2008, 23-24
2006
Dynamische Lohneffekte beruflicher Weiterbildung. Eine Längsschnittanalyse with
Daten des SOEP (with K. Schneider). In: Weiß, M. (ed.): Evidenzbasierte Bildungspolitik:
Beiträge der Bildungsökonomie. Schriften des Vereins für Socialpolitik, Neue Folge Band
313, Duncker & Humblodt, Berlin 2006
Im Frühjahr geborene Kinder haben schlechtere Bildungsschancen (with K. Schneider),
DIW-Wochenbericht 17/2006, S. 209-214
2005
Interview, Module, and Question Length in SHARE, Ch. 8 in Börsch-Supan, A. and
Jürges, H. (eds.) The Survey Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe—Methodology,
Mannheim, 2005
Cross-country differences in health, Ch. 3.3 in Börsch-Supan et al. (eds.) Health, Ageing
and Retirement in Europe, Mannheim, 2005
Gifts, inheritances and bequest expectations, Ch. 4.4 in Börsch-Supan et al. (eds.)
Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, Mannheim, 2005
2004
Leistungs- und Signaleffekte zentraler Abschlussprüfungen - Eine TIMSS-Auswer-tung
bei deutschen Haupt- und Realschülern (with F. Büchel & K. Schneider), in: BackesGellner, U. & Moog, P. (eds.): Ökonomische Evaluation von Schulen und Hochschulen.
Schriften des Vereins für Socialpolitik, Neue Folge Band 302, Duncker & Humblodt,
Berlin 2004
2003
SHARE - Measuring the Ageing Process in Europe (with A. Börsch-Supan & O. Lipps),
ZUMA-Nachrichten 53, 2003, 96-113
Edited volumes
2011
Social Indicators Research, Special Issue on Anchoring Vignettes (with A. v. Soest)
2009
Produktivität in alternden Gesellschaften [Altern in Deutschland Bd. 4]. (with A.
Börsch-Supan, M. Erlinghagen, K. Hank, & G.G. Wagner). Nova Acta Leopoldina NF Bd.
102, Nr. 366, 2009
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50+ in Deutschland und Europa: Ergebnisse des Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement
in Europe [Reihe "’Alter(n) und Gesellschaft"’] (with A. Börsch-Supan, K. Hank, M.
Schröder), Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2009
Challenges and Opportunities of Ageing in Europe: Findings from the first two waves
of SHARE. Special Issue Journal of European Social Policy 19 (4) 2009 (with A. BörschSupan, K. Hank)
2008
Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe 2004-2007 (with A. Börsch-Supan, A. Brugiavini,
A. Kapteyn, J. Mackenbach, J. Siegrist, G. Weber). Mannheim, MEA, 2008
2005
Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. First Results from the Survey of Health, Ageing and
Retirement in Europe (with A. Börsch-Supan, A. Brugiavini, J. Mackenbach, J. Siegrist, G.
Weber). Mannheim, MEA, 2005
The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe–Methodology (with A. BörschSupan). Mannheim, MEA, 2005
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